Tag: Sohrab Homi Fracis
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Connections
I often write about the exhilaration I feel when one good book leads to another and another. After reading and enjoying Ticket to Minto, I interviewed the author, Sohrab Homi Fracis. He mentioned that he was pitching his novel-in-progress as “Jack Kerouac’s On the Road meets Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake.” This piqued my interest in The Namesake. I picked it…
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UNF Writer’s Conference: The Good Stuff
One of the main things I learned at the UNF Writer’s Conference was that indie publishers need to take quality very seriously. Deborrah Hoag, editor of books, ebooks, academic papers, corporate publications, and more, said now that anyone can publish their work inexpensively, a glut of poorly written, carelessly edited books are giving all indies a bad name.…
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UNF Writer’s Conference
Great time today at the UNF Writer’s Conference, which I’ll be attending all three days, August 5, 6, & 7. I’ll be posting more about it tomorrow. For now, here’s a shout-out to Sohrab Fracis, previously featured here at Bill Ectric’s Place, one of the speakers at the conference.
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Here Comes the Sun: Ticket To Minto: Stories of India and America, plus an update on the Ali Mirdrekvandi Investigation
A few months ago I pondered the origins of a little-known book called No Heaven For Gunga Din by Ali Mirdrekvandi, who may or may not have really lived. I recently got some additional insight into that subject from Sohrab Homi Fracis, who I met Wednesday night at the monthly poetry reading at Chamblin’s Uptown here in…